Tag - marriage

Every day is another opportunity for a fresh start. But the reality is, life is complicated and the consequences of living an overwhelmed life are real. As soon as I wake up, it’s a bare-knuckle fight to be intentional, present, and self-controlled.
Before I’ve had at least one cup of coffee, “taking every thought captive”...

With a two-year-old toddler running around our house, my wife and I now have nightly routine that looks like washing bottles, picking up dirty diapers, and stowing away plastic toys. As you can guess, this isn’t the most exciting or enjoyable part of our day. This coincidentally is also when many of our arguments take place. With the...

I’ve now been married to my wife for a little over 4 years. That by no means makes me a marriage expert, but it does mean that I’ve had 4 years to learn several things to do and not to do. Some things I’ve learned by trial and lots of error – other things I’ve been blessed to learn by hearing from Godly couples who...

Over the past few years that I have been married to my wife I have learned several things that have been beneficial, but one thing in particular has proved by far to be the most powerful.
What I’ve learned doesn’t involve exotic vacations, improving sexual performance, or anything else that you might have seen or heard in a magazine or...

Valentines Day is an interesting time of the year and it never fails to teach me something new. So far I’ve learned about 3 hour Olive Garden waiting lists, 80 dollar rose bouquets, and this year I learned about buying a gift last minute due to regional snowstorms. All of that got me to thinking about marriage and what all it has taught me...